Judge rejects most of legal challenge to Eyman’s I-976
A King County Superior Court judge on Wednesday rejected most of a legal challenge to Tim Eyman’s Initiative 976, a measure that would steeply discount the price of car registrations while gutting transportation budgets across the state.Judge Marshall Ferguson said King County and a coalition of Washington cities had failed to carry the heavy burden of demonstrating that the $30 car tab measure was unconstitutional on most of their claims. Those claims included that the description of the initiative on the ballot was misleading and that the measure violated the Washington Constitution’s rule that initiatives be limited to one subject. Continue reading at The Bellingham Herald. (Ted S. Warren/AP file photo)
House approves ban on race-based hairstyle discrimination
The Washington House has passed a measure that would ban race-based discrimination against hair texture and hairstyles. The measure passed on a bipartisan 87-10 vote Wednesday and heads to the Senate for consideration. If passed by the Senate and signed by Gov. Jay Inslee, Washington would join three other states with such a ban: California, New York and New Jersey. Continue reading at The Bellingham Herald. (Ted S. Warren/AP file photo)
Das sponsors companion bill to prohibit openly carried guns on state Capitol campus
Sen. Mona Das, D-Kent, is sponsoring Senate Bill 6686, a companion bill to Rep. Tana Senn’s, D-Mercer Island, House Bill 2925, to ban openly-carried firearms from the statehouse and Washington State’s Capitol grounds. Under current law, Capitol visitors may openly carry guns anywhere on campus except for the House and Senate galleries and committee rooms. Continue reading at The Auburn Reporter.
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Justice department sues King County over ban at Boeing Field
Housing market in Spokane County remains strong
Audit: Some WSU employees misreported time worked and leave
Correction: College Grant Funding story
Agency to collect intended tax after typo in ballot measure
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Settlement filed against refugee ban
Supreme Court upholds billions of dollars in transit funding
$10M verdict for man injured in Amtrak derailment
House approves ban on race-based hairstyle discrimination (Morgan)
Judge rejects most of legal challenge to Eyman’s I-976 (Hobbs)
Bill to allow sports betting advances to state House floor (Peterson)
Lawmakers pass bill to limit immigration detention center (Fey)
Groups sue Washington wildlife agency over steelhead farms
Concerns raised amid 3 overdose deaths in Washington state
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Arlington Times
Local voters levy heavy hand against school funding measures
PUD’s Arlington Microgrid construction moves forward
Auburn Reporter
Voters passing Auburn School District replacement levies
Sen. Das to host Town Hall and Community Discussion (Das)
Das sponsors companion bill to prohibit openly carried guns on state Capitol campus (Das, Senn)
County head tax bill passes committee (Macri, Frame)
Gov. Inslee signs tax bill to help fund higher education (Pedersen)
King County Prosecutor Satterberg seeks more help for drug addicts (Macri)
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House approves bill to ban expansion of ICE detention facility in Tacoma (Fey)
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Constitutional amendment for denying bail dies in Legislature (Wylie)
The Daily News
Columbia Riverkeeper asks feds to investigate Kalama methanol plant
Islands’ Weekly
Flooding results in county road closures
Issaquah Reporter
County head tax bill passes committee (Macri, Frame)
Law enforcement challenges report on sting operation that killed Federal Way teen
Journal of the San Juan Islands
Friday Harbor High students promote the tardigrade as Washington’s Official Micro-Animal in Olympia (Ramel)
State proposes eelgrass restoration project in Westcott Bay
Orcas Island’s Recovery in Community making a difference in its first months
Kitsap Daily News
Lawmakers consider a grow-your-own recreational marijuana bill (Blake, Walsh)
News Tribune (subscription required)
House approves bill to ban expansion of ICE detention facility in Tacoma (Fey)
New York Times
Oil giant BP pledges ambitious plan to cut emissions to zero
Coronavirus cases seemed to be leveling off; not anymore
After Stone case, prosecutors say they fear pressure from Trump
Peninsula Daily News
Voters approve Port Angeles School District levy
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Programs, facilities upgrades funded in Crescent School District
Portland Mercury
Nikki Kuhnhausen Was Killed By Transphobia. Now, Her Community Fights for Her Legacy. (Wylie, Stanford)
Opinion: Showdown in the Capitol
Sedro-Woolley school levy passing
Voters rejecting Burlington-Edison bond, approving levy
Conway voters approving school levies
Anacortes voters approving sales tax increase
Seattle Times (subscription required)
Sawant says Seattle tax on more than 800 big businesses would raise $300 million a year
Judge largely upholds car-tab tax measure — but don’t expect your bill to go down soon
Jeff Bezos sets record with $165 million home purchase
54,000 people would qualify for King County Metro’s planned free bus passes
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Feds agree to reboot fish-passage project at Howard Hanson Dam, open upper Green River to salmon
Bloomberg: Former Trump aide Hope Hicks to return to White House as adviser
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Downtown Seattle shooting suspects are returned to King County after Las Vegas arrests
Woman pleads guilty to first-degree murder in fatal shooting of Pierce County sheriff’s deputy
Op-Ed: U.S. and China should work together to solve coronavirus crisis
Editorial: Sports betting: Tribal casinos shouldn’t get a new monopoly
LTE: Winter-evictions law: Landlords in jeopardy
Spokesman Review
Washington Senate gives go-ahead to the ‘Idaho stop’ (Billig)
Shadle Park High School student gets nod from Gov. Jay Inslee for welding prowess
Spokane City Council shelves proposal that would have erased trash bills for homeless shelters
Washington House votes to ban hair discrimination (Morgan, Entenman, Kilduff)
Tri-City Herald
One Tri-Cities area school levy is tied, another failed.
Finley school levy vote no longer tied after more ballots are counted
Guest Opinion: Yucca Mountain is not the best place for nuclear waste
Walla Walla Union Bulletin (subscription required)
Editorial: Lawmakers continue legislative trick to skirt constitution
Washington Post
Former White House chief of staff John Kelly takes issue with Trump for ousting Vindman, among other things
Trump seeks to bend executive branch as part of impeachment vendetta
Trump takes on judge ahead of Roger Stone’s sentencing
Trump’s rhetoric has changed the way hundreds of kids are bullied
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McClatchy, one of the nation’s largest newspaper publishers, files for bankruptcy
Ghosting is normal now. That’s completely bonkers.
CIA was able to read encrypted messages of allies, adversaries for decades
Lax FAA oversight let Southwest put millions of passengers at risk, IG says
Trump wants to slash Chesapeake Bay funding. Environmentalists hope Congress steps in again.
The Technology 202: Tech startup investors are skeptical of Washington’s increased antitrust scrutiny
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Yakima Herald Republic
From nursing to emergency medicine, educational institutions feel the effect of Astria Regional’s closure
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Yakima voters turn down city property tax increase
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Sawant proposes corporate payroll tax on big businesses
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Where will they go? Washington nursing home for brain injured patients to close
Lawsuit from environmental groups says state’s approval of net pens relies on outdated science
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Rantz: Democrats admit they want you stuck in Washington traffit (Liias)
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Seattle Schools ‘rethinking’ teacher misconduct policies following KUOW classroom abuse investigation
CBP admits Washington border officers ‘overzealous’; critics say Iranians and others targeted
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What really happened to Iranian-Americans at the Canadian Border?
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Where will they go? Washington nursing home for brain injured patients to close
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State lawmaker sets sights on ‘reasonable’ car tab relief (Liias)
Reykdal: Active shooter drills ‘traumatizing’ for kids
Proposal to ban gas cars in Washington dead (for now) (Macri)
Lawmaker fed up with violence at Western State Hospital
Rantz: In I-976 gripe, local Socialists reveal stunning ineptitude
Eyman calls judge’s 976 ruling ‘a win’ as court battle continues